guideboard

They are the guideboard knocks that point us to the higher pathway.

The University of Hard Knocks Ralph Parlette 1900

There was no guideboard, and he could not remember by which road he had come.

Bound to Rise Horatio Alger 1865

At one time we came to a guideboard, which said "5 miles to Parks's Landing."

A North-Side View of Slavery. The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada. Related by Themselves, with an Account of the History and Condition of the Colored Population of Upper Canada 1856

We soon came to a fork in the roads, when, not knowing which to take, we pulled down a guideboard and ascertained; after which we went on until daybreak, when we took shelter in the woods during the day on Monday.

The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave; Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape. Written by Himself. 1856

There is a great variety of them, and they will be useful, like the Irishman's guideboard, which showed where the road did not go.

Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1 Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853

There is a great variety of them, and they will be useful, like the Irishman's guideboard which showed 'where the road did not go.' “

Authors and Friends Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 1896

There is a great variety of them, and they will be useful, like the Irishman's guideboard which showed 'where the road did not go.'"

Authors and Friends Annie Fields 1874